Want to learn more about incorporating SAGE in an ELA classroom? In this session participants will learn how to use two powerful tools, National Novel Writing Month and a school-based Literary Journal, to add SAGE to your ELA department. During this session, participants will: 1. Access all resources for National Novel Writing Month, with an emphasis on Student Choice and creating Authentic Work 2. Analyze the HAIS National Novel Writing Month plan and student work samples. 3. Receive a step-by-step guide to creating a campus literary journal with an emphasis on Global Significance, Cross-Disciplinary Learning, and Exhibition 4. View the HAIS Literary Journal and create a plan for implementing a journal on your campus This session is open to K-12 teachers, and all resources are free! Please bring a laptop, tablet, or mobile device.

1. NaNoWriMo and SAGE
Student Choice through Creative Writing

2. Objectives:
 Access all resources for National Novel Writing Month, with an emphasis on
Student Choice and creating Authentic Work
 Analyze the HAIS National Novel Writing Month overview and student work
samples
 Receive a step-by-step guide to creating a literary journal, including
incorporating Global Significance, Cross-Disciplinary Learning, and Exhibition
 View the HAIS Literary Journal in progress
 View examples of other online school literary journals

3. Whip-Around:
Introductions
Name
Grade-level that you teach
Favorite author

4. What is National Novel-Writing Month
and how can I adapt it for my students?
 Online global event every November
 Challenge to write a rough-draft novel
(50,000 words) in one month
 NaNoWriMo website includes resources,
forums, and pep-talks from published
writers

5. What is National Novel-Writing Month
and how can I adapt it for my students?
 Make changes in accordance with your grade-level and students
 Create reasonable but rigorous expectations
 For my NaNoWriMo unit, I made the following adaptations:
 Set a lower total word-count goal for full credit
 Differentiated choice of genres with corresponding requirements and
assignments
 Broke down project into manageable daily assignments, differentiated for
each genre

6. What is National Novel-Writing Month
and how can I adapt it for my students?
 The choices I gave my students were …
 Novel (fiction or nonfiction)
 Short story collection (fiction or nonfiction)
 Essay collection
 Poetry Portfolio
 Screenplay or Play Script
 Collection of News Articles

7. Student Work Samples
Look for …
Evidence of Student Choice
Evidence do you see of your ELA standards

8. NaNoWriMo Website Overview
Go to: http://nanowrimo.org/
Create an account
Take a look through the resources
available

9. NaNoWriMo
Questions?

10. HAIS Literary Journal Mission
A student-created and edited literary
and art journal that enables students
to exhibit their original prose, poetry,
and artwork in an authentic format.

11. Literary Journal Examples
 Example of a high school literary journal (pdf):
http://schools.shorelineschools.org/shorewood/files/2012/06/imprints.pdf
 Example 2 (web page):
http://stafford.high.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=1610
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 Example 3 (live, constantly updating):http://parallax-online.com/

12. Step-By-Step Guide
 Create an application process for your editorial team
 Team should include an editor in chief, graphic design team, and editors in
charge of different genres
 Be sure to include students of different grade levels, so that the journal can
continue from one school year to the next
 Raise awareness of the upcoming literary journal and make sure students
know where to apply
 Arrange and supervise first meeting of the editorial team and make sure that
all parties are aware of their duties
 Make sure students organize publicize call for submissions

13. Step-By-Step Guide
 Hold journal to rigorous standards of excellence in the following categories:
 Literary Content/Quality
 Rhetorical Variety
 Editing and Proofreading
 Design, Graphics, Production
 See NCTE Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines
criteria:
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/About/Awards/PRESLM/2016PRESLM/201
6PRESLM_160059.pdf

14. Planning and
Questions

15. Exit Ticket
How well did you feel the
session addressed the elements
of SAGE?